Sentences with phrase «showed substantial increases»

Some participants showed substantial increases and decreases while others were largely unaffected.

Interviews of breastfeeding mothers after clinical encounters with residents showed substantial increases in active counseling behaviors after the intervention compared with preintervention interviews of mothers.

And only five countries — Armenia, China, Croatia, Ukraine, and Uruguay — showed a substantial decrease in individualistic values over time, with 39 out of 53 countries showing a substantial increase.

Dr Vardavas told the congress: «The most recent evidence from across the European Union shows a substantial increase in e-cigarette use over the past few years.

In the present study, we show substantial increases in whole - body lean mass after 12 wk of resistance - type exercise training (Table 2).

Muscles from ob / ob mice, which showed little response to insulin, showed a substantial increase (approximately 300 %, p < 0.05 - 0.01) in glucose uptake when 10 -LRB--3) m alpha - lipoic acid was added in the presence of insulin.

The latest Key Stage 2 results show substantial increases in the number of 11 - year - olds securing maths and literary skills needed for secondary school compared to 2010.

First, he notes that the District of Columbia, a district that I indicate may have experienced cheating, has shown substantial increases on NAEP.

* Poland is showing substantial increases in test scores on all three tests, rising well above the United States.

In 2010, our shipments showed a substantial increase in sales for this category.

He cited a recent analysis by scientists from the National Climatic Data Center that confirmed earlier studies showing a substantial increase already in the intensity of precipitation across the United States, interspersed by longer dry spells.

When looking at the broadest measurement of energy in the system, we see that it is highly probably to be showing a substantial increase over 40 + years.

Finally, there's more good news for proponents of U.S. homeownership: the homeownership rate actually ticked up both for households under 35 as well as those aged 35 - 44, with the former showing a substantial increase from 34.1 % in 2016 Q2 to 35.3 % in 2017 Q2.

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«New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Substantial Minimum Wage Increase,» by Mitchell Hirsch, Raise the Minimum Wage, January 15, 2015.

Notwithstanding substantial increases in expenditure on education over the past decade, national and international assessments of student achievement in Australia show little improvement and in some areas standards of achievement have dropped.

Increased awareness of the nutritional and medical benefits of breastfeeding, including reduced incidence of infection and allergic reaction, 1 — 9 has led to its endorsement by medical and professional groups10 — 12 and to substantial increases in the number of women choosing to breastfeed.13, 14 A study of 300 British children showed that children who consumed breast milk in the early weeks of life also had significantly higher IQ scores at 7.5 to 8 years on an abbreviated version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) than those who were not breastfed.15 The sample was made up of preterm infants fed breast milk or formula by tube.

The investigation's preliminary findings show Smith received substantial increases in compensation without SUNY's permission from Pediatric Service Group LLP and MedBest Medical Management Inc., according to a letter from SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher.

The chairman of its GP committee's clinical and prescribing sub-committee, Bill Beeby, said: «The PAC report acknowledges that there has been a substantial increase in prescribing generic drugs in recent years and with just over two per cent of the overall drugs bill identified as potential savings it shows that the official advice is already being heeded.»

Even though there has been substantial reduction in CVD mortality over the last 30 years, new reports show an increase in acute myocardial infarction among the younger population in Norway, and similar observations have been reported also from other countries.

Although results from most of these studies do not find an increased risk, the results do show substantial variation, said Dr Jensen; this may be because of the limited size and follow - up time in most of them.

Using occupancy modeling to control for variation in detectability, we show substantial (∼ 500 meters on average) upward changes in elevational limits for half of 28 species monitored, consistent with the observed ∼ 3 °C increase in minimum temperatures.

Compared with normal chow diet - fed mice, the high - fat diet mice showed worsened blood sugar, increased triglycerides, a type of fat (lipid) in the blood, and a substantial increase in the numbers of CD8 + T cells in the liver.

Figure 2A shows that in the presence of the cytokine LIF, the majority of Venus - positive cells (70 %) were also SSEA - 1 positive (V+S +), while LIF withdrawal both increased the percentage of the population expressing high levels of the Venus transgene (mean level of fluorescence increases approximately 2-fold, Figure 2A) and led to a substantial increase in a second Venus positive population that is SSEA - 1 negative (V+S −).

Empirical data for the CO2 «airborne fraction», the ratio of observed atmospheric CO2 increase divided by fossil fuel CO2 emissions, show that almost half of the emissions is being taken up by surface (terrestrial and ocean) carbon reservoirs [187], despite a substantial but poorly measured contribution of anthropogenic land use (deforestation and agriculture) to airborne CO2 [179], [216].

«They provide important evidence to inactive individuals by showing that modest amounts of activity provide substantial benefit for postponing mortality, while reassuring very active individuals of no exercise - associated increase in mortality risk.»

The literature, in fact, shows that we can expect substantial increases in turnover with a switch to DC and cash balance plans from DB pensions so that higher turnover will eliminate any possible gains from higher initial compensation.

Researchers found that at the same time that Denver's punitive discipline went down, the district showed «a steady and substantial increase» in the percentage of students scoring proficient or higher in nearly every subject for six consecutive years.

Economically disadvantaged students and English Learners also largely showed improvement in the shares of students meeting the standards — although those increases were not at rates fast enough to close substantial achievement gaps with students who are not disadvantaged.

Cohen — not included in the high - school scores because it technically includes eighth grade — showed test scores and graduation rates to earn a 79.2, a substantial increase from the prior year's 72.5 and a high C on the state's 150 - point grading scale.

The results show an increasing trend in graduation rates in the state over the period studied and a substantial bump at five years, with growth flattening out after that time.

A 2015 Pew Research Center survey shows that these less - educated adults are also the least likely to own smartphones or tablets, two devices that have seen a substantial increase in usage for reading e-books since 2011.

More importantly, the unseen costs associated with such a strategy, the bid / offer spread for example, often increase management fees which can have a substantial detrimental impact on your overall returns, as shown in the chart on the right3.

The example on the next page shows how a 2 % increase can potentially turn into substantial retirement savings over 10, 20, and 30 years.

«Research has shown huge decreases in fees, especially late fees and over-balance fees, with no substantial increase in interest charges (or perhaps decreases).»

November's data from Interactive Brokers show a substantial month over month increase (14 %) in DARTs from October to November.

Notably, all revenue and income figures for the whole company show a very substantial increase year - on - year.

Now, our latest research into app discovery shows that these types of features account for a substantial percentage of all game downloads, and have only increased in importance following the release of iOS 11 in September 2017.

As expected the report shows substantial growth across the board with the industry registering a 60 percent increase in turnover to 3.7 billion Swedish kronor.

A respected teacher and currently a trustee of the Tate Gallery, Doig has a loyal following that should be immeasurably increased by this substantial public showing, curated by the Whitechapel's Felicity Lunn.

Abstract:... Here we show that a pronounced strengthening in Pacific trade winds over the past two decades — unprecedented in observations / reanalysis data and not captured by climate models — is sufficient to account for the cooling of the tropical Pacific and a substantial slowdown in surface warming through increased subsurface ocean heat uptake.

Provisional data show there is a substantial increase in methane levels in the past few months.

Research published last year, for instance, shows that climate change is adding to the death toll in India by making heat waves worse and «will lead to substantial increases in heat - related mortality» in the coming century.

The zonal means of the percentage change map (shown in Figure 10.6) feature substantial decreases in the subtropics and lower mid-latitudes of both hemispheres in the A2 case, even if increases occur over some regions.

A substantial reduction in water vapor (shown below, from Lacis et al (2010) as well as increase in the surface albedo are important feedbacks here, showing that removing the non-condensing greenhouse gases (mostly CO2) in the atmosphere can collapse nearly the entire terrestrial greenhouse effect.

Indeed, the map at which JAXA spokesman Sasano was pointing (see photo above) had been expected by most experts to show that western nations are to blame for substantial increases in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, causing global warming.

The other reconstructions show substantial variability, but all show an increase since 1700 and most of the NH reconstructions show an increase since 1600.

Maps show projected change in average surface air temperature in the later part of this century (2071 - 2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970 - 1999) under a scenario that assumes substantial reductions in heat trapping gases (B1) and a higher emissions scenario that assumes continued increases in global emissions (A2).

Our modeling shows that if the ANE pipeline is built as proposed, ratepayers will bear substantial net cost increases on their utility bills, even if the pipeline alleviates winter price spikes.

Projections of future changes in precipitation show small increases in the global average but substantial shifts in where and how precipitation falls.

The simulations have shown that the models capture how rather small heat increases beyond this threshold can result in abrupt and substantial yield losses.